reservation wage on unemployment duration. According to estimations there is no statistically significant effect of unemployment … unemployment benefit or social assistance increases the duration of the unemployment period, which indicates the lower offer …

This paper uses U.S. micro level data on employment durations to quantify the effect of potential Unemployment …

In this paper we study the implications of the unemployment insurance (UI) financing system on wage levels and … approach of wage and employment determination and assume that unemployment benefits are financed by employees’ UI contributions …

I study the consequences of heterogeneity of skills for the design of an optimal unemployment insurance, using a … during unemployment due to depreciation of skills and increases on the job because of learning by doing. Any insurance … contract, periods of unemployment are characterised by declining benefits. Agents are further punished for long unemployment by …

If distortions in the labour market lead to inefficiently high unemployment, and policy makers cannot enter into a … may exist in public unemployment insurance policy. I study a model in which trade unions, who set wages, interact with a … policy maker, who decides on the level of unemployment benefits and taxes. The policy maker is assumed to have the same …

This paper analyses a model of private unemployment insurance under limited commitment and a model of public … unemployment insurance subject to moral hazard in an economy with a continuum of agents and an infinite time horizon. The dynamic … and steady-state properties of the private unemployment insurance scheme are established. The interaction between the …

I estimate a life cycle model of consumption choice with unemployment risk. Employed individuals face the risk of …. Following the loss of a job and during unemployment, an agent’s productivity declines. Using micro data, I estimate the … estimated model is used to perform policy simulations that highlight the relationship between the unemployment insurance scheme …